Notes

"VII. Thomas extended the Dutton estate in 1244 when he
purchased the hamlet of Clatterwigge in Little Leigh. He appears
to have found it a drag going all the way to Poosey Chapel,
because he was responsible for building another chapel close to
his manor house at Dutton."

Notes

"George Smoot, son of John and Sarah Smoot. George Smoot died
intestate perhaps prior to the year 1778. The fact that the
administration accounts of St. Mary's County are missing between
1777-1806 prevents the obtainment of the approximate date of his
death. His name does not appear with his father and brothers as
taking the Oath of Fidelity in 1778 nor is his name among the
militiamen of the county in 1780. These facts tend to indicate
that he died before these dates."

"The Smoots of Maryland and Virginia" by Harry Wright Newman,
originally published privately in Washington D.C. in 1936. This
edition edited and published by Frederick K. Smoot and the Smoot
Family Association, copyright 2001.